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Energy efficiency policy instruments in the residential sector: Implementing mechanisms for successful low-carbon transitions in households

Cristina Penasco, University of Cambridge Overview and relevance of the topic Improving energy efficiency (EE) is vital to ensure an economic, environmental...

Further bridging the energy efficiency gap: heterogeneity, model error and time-consistency

Daire McCoy, Grantham Institute, LSE The “energy-efficiency gap” is a topic that has received much attention in the academic literature.  While the role o...

Modelling Energy Demand and Societal Drivers: The Final Frontier?

Neil Strachan, University College London and  Paul E Dodds, UCL Energy Institute Overview Energy system decarbonisation is an immense challenge to meet dee...

Identifying the limits of the rebound effect

Tina Fawcett. University of Oxford Delivering energy demand reduction through energy efficiency is probably the single most important strategy in moving to a l...

Motivating energy conservation in organisations: Smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms

Peter Bradley, University of the West of England Around the world there is strong interest in the use of energy feedback via smart metering technology as a mit...

Incentivising households to reduce electricity consumption: A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence

Penelope Buckley, Université Grenoble Alpes With the increasing demand for electricity, the phasing out of what were once guaranteed sources of energy supply,...

Choosing energy efficiency – consumer response to operating costs at the point of sale

Fiona Brocklehurst, Ballarat Consulting Consumers have a big effect on energy use through their choice of the appliances and cars that they buy.  But they may...

Mind the Gaps: How will a consumer-centric energy system affect organisational structures, sector skills and careers in energy?

Peter Stewart, Interfax The proposed dialogue session will discuss the impact of the transition to a consumer-centric on organisational structures, career path...

Causal Tree Estimation of Heterogeneous Household Response to Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing Schemes

Eoghan O'Neill, University of Cambridge In this paper, we apply some recently developed methods for describing the heterogeneity of treatment effects to an ele...

Unlocking Local Energy Markets

Rachel Bray, University of Exeter Overview Local Energy Markets (LEMs) can be platforms for small-scale supply and demand-side providers to participate collec...

EU Retail Electricity Markets in Transition: The Quest for Adequate Design

Luis Boscan;University of Southern Denmark (SDU) After a gradual process of reforms, retail electricity markets in Europe are well-established. In parallel, th...

Technological change and innovation in UK energy market – how might it be impacted by the price cap?

Philip O'Donnell; Which? Background With the publication of the Domestic Gas & Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill, the UK Government is committed to introduc...
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